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Letters Patent No. 93,253, dated August 3, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT VIN MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND .SLICING vRG-ETABLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of che same.-

To all whom it may concern I i Beit known that I, O. H. VAN ORSTRAND, of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Cutting and ASlicing Vegetables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in whioh y Figure l is a verticalcut section;

Figure 2, a plan view ofthe cutter plate;

Figure 3, a cut section of the same,takcn at the line x a', fig 2; and

Figure 4, an end view ofthe machine.

The object and purpose of my invention are to provide a machine wherein such Vegetables as are required to 'be cut or sliced for either table use or for lculinary purposes, can be readily, quickly, and cheaply cut or sliced.

Many vegetables require to be out or sliced into thin particles before they can be used for either table or culinary use; among which may be mentioned raw cabbage and raw tomatoes for table use, andv raw potatoes and turnips (and others) for culinary nse. The advantage of having them made into slices is well known and appreciated.

A is the case of the machine, on the. top part of hopper H and the cutter-plate D, as to hold the article" to be sliced or out when the cutter-plate D is` put in motion, and which also serves to give, a shearing out to the cutting-knives C C C when Ipassing beneath it.

This apparatus will out and slice vegetables fortable use very rapidly and e'ctally; at the same time being cheaply constructed and yreadily operated by any person who can Work and feed it. Y

What I claim as lny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-.

` The combination of the cutter-plate D, and the series of cutters O C 0", with the driving-gears F and G, the hopper H, and the cutting-plate I, all arranged and located as and for the purposes set forth.

C. H. VAN ORSTRAND.'

Witnesses:

FRANCIS S. Low, J. DE LA FIGONIER. 

